Fence-post.



ATENTBD JAN. 31,1905. v H. M. KBLLY.

FENCE POST. AHLIQATION FILED MAB. 22.1904.

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, WM y j Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE..

HARVEY M. KELLY, or IEvIiief, ILLINOIS.

1 FENCE-POST. ff I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent-No.'781,210ydated'3'anuary 31, 1905.

. Application flied March 2 2, 1904:. Serial No. 199,352r l To all whomif WMZ/concern,.- i

Be it known that I, HARVEY M. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Irving, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and Ido hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and eXactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the'letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a post of plasticmaterial in which the fence-Wires may be connected thereto in suchmanner that said wires will be securely held in place and lessening theliability of sagging, the post being of such construction that a uniformlength of fastening devices for the Wires may be used with equal effectin drawing said wire in place; and the invention consists in afence-post of plastic material constructed sub- .wire used to securethesame to the post.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a fence-post havinglongitudinal beads E at its four corners and a tapering end a, so as tofacilitate the same entering the ground,

and suitable holes Z) for connecting to the post by suitable fasteningdevices c a base-board B, and a plurality of holes d for attachingjtothe posts the fence-Wires, one of which is shown at C. The fasteningdevice preferably used consists in a tie-bolt e, (shown in detail inFig. i of lthe drawings;) but any suitable form of fastening device .forboth the fence-wire and the base-board may be used as found mostdesirable, this being left discretionary with the builders ofthe fence.As

shown in Fig. 3,.the holes pass through the two front beads'of the post.Fencing material, such as'B, may be secured to the outer faces of thefront beads of the post by driving fastening means,las c, through thefenc ing means and also through the holes of the beads and clenching theends of said fastenings against the rear surface of said front beads. i

The fence-post is molded out of a suitable plastic material, with theseveral holes there- `in to receive the fastening devices instead ofsecuring therfastening devices rigidly in the post when it is beingmolded. The fastening devices for the fence-wire by which the same aresecured to the post are separate and independent thereof, and any numbermay be used as found desirable, depending upon the number of fence-wiresused, the fastening devices being capable of removal from the post whenfound necessary and other devices substituted.

The post A is molded Vwith Ilongitudinal grooves D between the beads E,saidy grooves gradually increasing in depth in a direction from theupper to the lower end of said post, so that the center of the bodyportion thereof will be 'of uniform thickness throughout its length, asshown in cross-section in Fig. 2 of the drawings. lThe fence-post ismade tapering, gradually increasing in circumference in a directiontoward its lower end, so that its greatest circumference will beembedded in the ground, which will give a more solid and firm supportto' that portion of the post above the ground, and it is furtherdesirable that the central or body portion be of uniform thicknessthroughout the length of the post, so as to enable'a uniformlength offastening devices to be used and still have the longitudinal grooves inthe post. To secure these many advantages 1n 'al fence-post, thelongitudinal grooves, as hereinbefore described, gradually increase indepth from the tate holding the wire thereto by drawing said wire intothe groove and against the beads E formed thereby, thus preventing thefencewire from slipping endwise or sagging, the lower wires havinggreater leverage thereon by the increased depth of the grooves.

If desired, when molding the post suitablyformed strips or pieces ofwood, as indicated at. f in Fig. 3 of the drawings, are placed in themold and the plastic material molded around them, said strips or piecesextending nearly the length of the post and only slightly shorter, so asto have the ends of the strips or pieces covered by the plasticmaterial. Any suitable material may be used in providing the strips orpieces, the same forming strengthening-braces for the post, andtherefore I do not limit my invention to any specified material or anyparticular shape, and therefore many changes may be resorted to in theconstruction of these braces as well as the post and the fasteningdevices used to hold thc fence-wires thereto.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fence-post having a plurality of longitudinal beads and with channelsinterposed bctween the same, holes passing through the opposite frontbeads, and fastening means cX- tending through fence members and throughsaid holes and clenched against the rear surfaces of said beads to holdthe fence members against the front faces of the opposite front beads,substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof AI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY M. KELLY.

Witnesses:

A. J. PATRICK, A. H. KELLY.

